Gail Murray is an elected member of Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit

Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The heavy-rail public transit and subway system connects San Francisco with cities in the East Bay and suburbs in northern San Mateo County. BART operates five lines on of track with 44 stations in four counties...

 or BART, and a former mayor of the city of Walnut Creek, California

Walnut Creek, California

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. She is from BART district 1 which represents, Alamo, Clayton, Concord, Danville, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Walnut Creek and parts of Pleasant Hill and Pacheco. This includes the following stations: Concord, Lafayette, North Concord/Martinez, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek.

Murray has a BA from San Jose State University

San José State University

San Jose State University is a public university located in San Jose, California, United States...

 and a master in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

Harvard University

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